WILY AUSTRALIAN.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 293, 11 December 1929, Page 7

WILY AUSTRALIAN.

"CON." TRICKSTER TRICKED. LONDON, December 6. Confidence men victimise so many Australians in London that it is a pleasure to hear of an exception to the rule. A young Australian, on his first sojourn in England, met, an affable stranger, who became even more affable on learning that the Australian was wealthy. Together they visited theatres, night clubs, .and dined at the stranger's expense. " Eventually,; ;at an / elaborate dinner party, the stranger introduced an American friend, allegedly a member of the Stock Exchange, who descanted upon a good thing, which the stranger and the American discussed in the presence of the Australian, scrupulously not asking him to participate in the transaction. The American ostentatiously telephoned, retiuning later with the "profits," whereupon the stranger suggested that the Australian should seize the golden opportunity and risk £500 to gain £1000. The" Australian dashed the confederates' hopes with the succinct rejednden, "Not on jtour "Hfe*""